We would like to extend a very warm welcome to all to join us at Orchardhill Parish Church to celebrate with the children and staff at our Christmas Service on Wednesday 20th December 2017 at 1.30pm.  If your child normally has a home lunch it would appreciated if they could remain in school on Wednesday or be returned by 1.00pm at the very latest as the children will be leaving early to walk to the church. All pupils will return to school after the service to be dismissed

Please note that the primary school will finish early at 2.30pm on Wednesday 20th December 2017 and the afternoon nursery class will finish at 4.00pm.  There will be no PM wrap sessions that day.

The primary school and nursery will resume as normal on Thursday 4th January 2018.

May we take this opportunity to wish you all a safe and happy holiday.

During the week beginning Monday 6th November, our Support Buddies led activities across the school to support understanding and awareness of Dyslexia. The Support Buddies and Mrs Carney planned a special assembly on the 10th November where guest speakers shared their personal experiences and stories. The assembly can be seen on the link below:

https://youtu.be/XJ-YzCJl33U

NURSERY – PRIMARY 7

Dear Parent / Carer

We have had several requests recently from parents /carers for class teachers to hand out chocolates, cake or similar items to pupils to celebrate their child’s birthday.  We are sorry to have to advise you that we are unable to comply with such requests.  There are pupils within the school who have allergies, medical conditions and religious/faith-based requirements and therefore for health and safety reasons the school cannot be responsible for issuing food of any kind in such circumstances.

We thank you in advance for your understanding and co-operation.

PRIMARY 7 ONLY

Dear Parent / Carer

Your child will today bring home their P7-S1 Transfer Application Form together with explanatory letter.

Please note that the completed transfer form should be returned to the school by 18th December 2017 along with a copy of your Council Tax Statement, a copy of a utility bill which shows your name and location of residence dated within the last 3 months, and any other applicable documents.

Non-East Renfrewshire Residents
If you are not an East Renfrewshire resident then should you wish to transfer to any East Renfrewshire secondary school, you MUST submit a placing request to the Education Department no later than 31 January 2018.  Placing requests are made online via the council’s website.  Please note your intention on the transfer form when you return it to school.

Please find attached information regarding forthcoming assemblies/church services.

Assembly dates to December 2017

Pupils took part in Wear Something Spotty for Children in Need recently. Lots of donations meant that the school raised the fantastic sum of £289.75.

Thank you!

Please find letter attached regarding home access for Education City.

Education City November 2017

You can find out more about Education City here: https://www.educationcity.com/

Your child will soon receive a free bag of books and activities from the Scottish Government’s Read, Write, Count campaign.

The bag is designed to help you and your child to have fun with reading, writing and counting at home.

The letters below will provide more details:

P2 Read Write Count Parent Letter

P3 Read Write Count Parent Letter

You can find out more about the campaign here:

http://www.readwritecount.scot/

Children from Woodfarm and the three feeder primary schools of Giffnock, Thornliebank and Braidbar took part in a Remembrance Day Event at Thornliebank War Memorial on Friday 10th November.

Thank you to all the children for their hard work for the memorial event and a  special thank you to Emma and Kara for the beautiful wreath.

The photographer from Tempest will be in school on Tuesday 14th November 2017.

Could primary school pupils please wear full school uniform (shirt and tie) on this day.

This year only WHOLE CLASS photographs will be taken.

Proofs will be sent home together with the information package detailing about costs/orders. H. Tempest will be dealing directly with payment for the photographs so please ensure that exact money or cheque, made payable to H. Tempest Limited, is returned to school at the appropriate time.

Unless we hear to the contrary, it will be assumed that all children should have their photograph taken.

City of Glasgow College is running new Saturday classes which include and adult and child cookery classes. Full details are in the leaflet below:

Sat Morning cook class_A5flyer_Sep17

During the month of November, we are planning a range of additional reading activities to promote success and enjoyment for our children. As part of this, we are holding a Readathon to make reading even more fun and exciting. Please refer to our letter for more information.

Readathon parent letter